So it comes to pass that fame, though it extend to ever so wide a space of years, if it be compared to never-lessening eternity, seems not short-lived merely, but altogether nothing.
Boethius — Lady Philosophy
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Consolation of Philosophy (c. 524), H. R. James translation (1897); Exact wording and attribution checked. Lady Philosophy speaks in Boethius’s philosophical dialogue about temporal existence and divine eternity.
- The Consolation of Philosophy (c. 524), H. R. James translation (1897)
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